$ 1,400 stimulus checks start to reach bank accounts like Biden Hits Road to Tout Rescue Plan

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are preparing to hit the road to increase support for the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package, as some Americans have begun to see $ 1,400 checks coming into their accounts. bank accounts.

In the coming days, Biden and Harris will be accompanied by their spouses on a trip to a handful of undecided states for the “Help Is Here” tour, during which Democratic leaders will promote the most popular elements of their America’s Rescue Plan – including the direct payments and help to parents.

Its aim is to deflect Republican criticism of the broad bill that Democrats recently passed in Congress without the support of the Republican Party.

“This is the biggest expansion of the welfare state since Lyndon Baines Johnson in the 1960s,” said Florida representative Michael Waltz, a Republican.

First Lady Jill Biden will start the tour on Monday visiting a school in Burlington County, New Jersey, according to local media. She will then travel to New Hampshire later in the week.

The White House has announced that President Biden will begin his visit to Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, before heading to Atlanta on Friday.

Meanwhile, Harris and his spouse, Doug Emhoff, will promote the relief bill in Las Vegas on Monday and in Denver on Tuesday. Emhoff will pay a solo visit to Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.

The House narrowly approved the stimulus package largely along the lines of the party in a final vote of 220-211 earlier this week, with all Republicans and a Democrat – the deputy. Jared Golden from Maine – voting against the bill. The president signed the bill on Thursday afternoon.

After the Biden government confirmed that the first batch of $ 1,400 checks was sent on Friday, some qualified Americans went to social media on Saturday to report that payments had arrived in their bank accounts.

“The stimulus hit my account, thanks Biden,” tweeted Andrew Palmer, from Washington DC

“Well, that was quick! The stimulus check came and it didn’t crash my online bank this time!” tweeted Sara Ackerson of Portland, Oregon.

The Treasury Department has confirmed that the first batch will go to those who provided direct deposit information in 2019 or 2020 in tax returns. The second group of recipients will be those who have not provided electronic filing information on recent tax returns, but have their data filed with the IRS due to other government programs. Paper checks and Electronic Impact Payment (EIP) cards must be sent by the end of March.

Newsweek contacted the White House for more information.